The Committee asked the Government to provide
details of the appeals within the period covered by the Report
against (i) a decision to refuse an application for a standard
individual export licence (SIEL) or an Open Individual Export
Licence (OIEL), or (ii) to revoke a SIEL or OIEL.

As noted in the memorandum submitted to the
Committee by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the roles
and responsibilities of the main departments involved in the licensing
process (HC540, pp 80-86), there is no provision in the licensing
procedure for a formal appeal against decisions to refuse or revoke
an OIEL. Such decisions do not prevent a company from applying
for a SIEL covering some or all of the same goods to any of the
destinations concerned; the factors that led to the original decision
would obviously be taken into account in the decision on any such
application.

For the period covered by the 1999 Annual Report,
the Export Control Organisation did not maintain a central record
of appeals against decisions to refuse or revoke a SIEL. Nevertheless,
25 appeals against the original decision to refuse an application
for an SIEL have been identified; and no appeals against a decision
to revoke such a licence. The appeal against the original decision
on 18 applications was rejected; the appeal against the original
decision on application Nos 548729, 550019, 548860, 546084, 546181
& 545773 were upheld and a licence issued.

The applicants are being informed that the Committee
might approach them, and that information on the relevant decisions
has been provided in confidence to the Committee at Annex E.[2]

Application No

Date refused

[Appeal refused/Licence issued]

Destination

Ratings of goods concerned

547003

20.08.98

11.02.99

Argentina

ML5, PL5017

547004

20.08.98

11.02.99

Argentina

ML5, PL5017

546999

28.08.98

11.02.99

Argentina

ML5, PL5017

535212

29.01.98

24.02.99

Bangladesh

ML3

548729

03.12.98

09.12.99

China

IB001

550019

08.01.99

07.12.98

China

IB001

543409

28.04.98

26.01.99

Congo, Democratic Republic of

ML6

544225

14.09.98

26.01.99

Cyprus

ML5

547876

10.12.98

23.03.99

Cyprus

ML5

552024

19.01.99

17.05.99

Cyprus

ML5

546033

17.09.98

25.02.99

India

PL5017

548839

16.11.98

16.09.99*

India

NLR

548860

24.11.98

07.01.99

India

End use

543853

03.12.98

13.08.99

India

End use

549833

11.01.99

29.04.99

India

End use

551060

26.01.99

19.04.99

India

PL5017

551130

26.01.99

19.04.99

India

PL5017

552573

08.02.99

13.08.99

India

End use

553198

24.06.99

24.08.99

India

End use

553444

12.07.99

14.10.99

India

5A001

554544

29.07.99

15.10.99

India

End use

546084

28.08.98

12.07.99

Morocco

ML2, ML5, ML22, PL5017

545773

09.09.98

28.05.99

Pakistan

End use

546181

06.10.98

28.05.99

Pakistan

End use

584

05.07.99

22.11.99

Turkey

ML2

*Indicates that following appeal the goods were rated No
Licence Required. Therefore, the appeal was neither upheld nor
a licence granted.